Invasive pulmonary mucormycosis: rare presentation with pulmonary eosinophilia.
Taizou HiranoMitsuhiro YamadaKei SatoKoji MurakamiTokiwa TamaiYoshiya MitsuhashiTsutomu TamadaHisatoshi SugiuraNaomi SatoRyoko SaitoJunya TominagaAkira WatanabeMasakazu IchinosePublished in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2017)
We describe the first reported case of pulmonary mucormycosis with pulmonary eosinophilia caused by Cunninghamella bertholletiae, which resulted in disseminated mucormycosis. Although it is a rather rare case, two important conclusions can be drawn: i) mycosis can simultaneously cause both invasive infection and a host allergic reaction, and ii) Cunninghamella bertholletiae rarely infects immunocompetent patients.